minc1127	Staffordshire v Cheshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1910 (North and East Division)
Venue	Danescourt, Wolverhampton on 18th, 19th July 1910 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Cheshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Staffordshire 0; Cheshire 3
Umpires	S Atkinson, M Myers
Close of play day 1	Staffordshire (1) 80/0 (RC Page 35*, Nichols 38*)

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Cheshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*FC Wild	c Nichols b Vost	39
E Osborn	c Poole b Vost	26
F Moorhouse	b Vost	0
TW Blundell	b Howard-Smith	75
FC Hunter	b Vost	24
HG Smoker	b Howard-Smith	21
+AE Bratby	c Nichols b Deyes	15
WE Jones	b Nichols	22
C Danson	c EW Page b Howard-Smith	17
TA Hilditch	not out	18
F Barker	b Vost	0
Extras	(18 b, 7 lb, 3 nb)	28
Total	(all out, 82.1 overs)	285
Fall of wickets:
1-59, 2-59, 3-85, 4-170, 5-197, 6-208, 7-245, 8-245, 9-283, 10-285 (82.1 ov)

Staffordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Deyes	16	3	52	1	-	1
Gill	12	1	50	0	-	1
Barnes	16	3	44	0	-	-
Vost	19.1	4	49	5	-	-
Howard-Smith	13	0	53	3	-	1
Nichols	6	4	9	1	-	-

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Staffordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RC Page	c sub b Smoker	35
JE Nichols	c Wild b Barker	54
*HD Stratton	b Hunter	37
EW Page	b Barker	8
E Vost	c Bratby b Hilditch	27
WJ Beddows	b Barker	37
SF Barnes	c Hunter b Hilditch	7
GC Gill	c Smoker b Hunter	4
G Howard-Smith	b Smoker	20
+J Poole	b Smoker	1
G Deyes	not out	2
Extras	(14 b, 3 lb, 1 nb, 2 w)	20
Total	(all out, 92.3 overs)	252
Fall of wickets:
1-80, 2-108, 3-128, 4-155, 5-189, 6-201, 7-219, 8-244, 9-249, 10-252 (92.3 ov)

Cheshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hunter	13	2	43	2	-	-
Smoker	25.3	3	76	3	1	-
Barker	32	6	63	3	-	1
Moorhouse	12	4	29	0	-	-
Hilditch	10	3	21	2	-	-

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Cheshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*FC Wild	b Deyes	15
E Osborn	b Deyes	0
F Moorhouse	b Nichols	41
TW Blundell	not out	62
FC Hunter	b Gill	11
HG Smoker	not out	0
+AE Bratby	did not bat
WE Jones	did not bat
C Danson	did not bat
TA Hilditch	did not bat
F Barker	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 1 w)	6
Total	(4 wickets, declared, 44 overs)	135
Fall of wickets:
1-11, 2-20, 3-98, 4-126

Staffordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Deyes	8	2	17	2	-	-
Howard-Smith	12	2	44	0	1	-
Vost	6	1	19	0	-	-
Nichols	12	3	30	1	-	-
RC Page	5	1	19	0	-	-
Gill	1	1	0	1	-	-

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Staffordshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RC Page	not out	14
EW Page	c sub b Smoker	4
G Deyes	not out	30
JE Nichols	did not bat
*HD Stratton	did not bat
E Vost	did not bat
WJ Beddows	did not bat
SF Barnes	did not bat
GC Gill	did not bat
G Howard-Smith	did not bat
+J Poole	did not bat
Extras	(6 b)	6
Total	(1 wicket, 13 overs)	54
Fall of wickets:
1-6 (EW Page)

Cheshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smoker	4	0	8	1	-	-
Moorhouse	4	1	4	0	-	-
Jones	3	0	21	0	-	-
Hunter	2	0	15	0	-	-

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Notes
--> TW Blundell made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> F Barker made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> TA Hilditch made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> WJ Beddows made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> GC Gill made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> G Howard-Smith made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> HG Smoker (1) passed his previous highest score of 11 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> AE Bratby (1) passed his previous highest score of 10 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> C Danson (1) passed his previous highest score of 13 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> TA Hilditch (1) passed his previous highest score of 15 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> G Deyes (2) passed his previous highest score of 16 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> G Howard-Smith achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Cheshire first innings

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This card comes from the Minor Counties Research Project - research is continuing on this scorecard which can be expected to change.
This return match was drawn, after the Cheshire declaration set Staffordshire a victory target of 169 runs in 40 minutes. The match between the two sides at Oxton in June had been drawn. For Cheshire, Blundell scored 75 in the first innings and 62 not out in the second with 8 fours. In the Staffordshire first innings Nichols scored 54.
[Missing: Who held substitute catches; in Cheshire first innings boundaries in Blundell's 75; in Staffordshire first innings who bowled other wide and boundaries in Nichol's 54.]
Sources: Staffordshire Scorebook; Staffordshire Annual Report; Staffordshire Advertiser 23 July; Staffordshire Sentinel 18,19 July; Chester Chronicle 23 July; The Sportsman 19,20 July; Cricket 4 August, p 320.

 

 

 

 

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